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The ongoing political crisis in Pakistan turned deadly over the weekend with three protesters dead and at least 500 wounded in the capital, Islamabad. As is often the case, the press was not spared from violence, with dozens of journalists covering the rally injured by police or protesters, according to news reports and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.

For the last decade, Pakistan has been one of the world's
most dangerous countries for the media. At least 46 journalists have been killed, 24 of them murdered for the
"crime" of covering the intelligence services, the Taliban, separatists in
Baluchistan, or the criminal underworld. The result is a legacy of
self-censorship and fear among the Pakistan press; critical stories go
unreported.

EDITOR'S
NOTE: Shafiullah Khan is
in critical condition after suffering extensive burns in this Peshawar bombing.
CPJ erroneously reported in this alert that Khan had died in the attack.

New York, June 13, 2011--CPJ calls on Pakistan media organizations to review their security and journalist safety training procedures to address the mounting number of deaths of journalists in the field. Two journalists died and five more were injured in a double bombing in Peshawar on Saturday night. The explosions took the lives of 36 people in all.